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Each year, Ford pulls a crew together to build an aircraft-inspired vehicle for the Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture aircraft show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The vehicles are auctioned off at the show’s Gathering of Eagles event to help raise funds for training of the next generation of pilots. Typically, the vehicles auctioned off are Mustangs but this year an F-150 Raptor, with a design inspired by the F-22 Raptor fighter jet, was selected. And at the auction, which took place Friday at Oshkosh’s Wittman Regional Airport, the one-off Raptor was sold for $300,000. All...
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2019 Audi RS 5 Sportback spy shotsAudi’s second-generation A5 Sportback is about to get the Audi Sport treatment. Yes, the first-ever RS 5 Sportback is in the works, and we’ll almost certainly see it in the United States. The tester in our latest spy shots may resemble the S5 Sportback but if you look a little closer...
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2018 Ford Mustang GT adding quiet exhaust and quiet start modes to be neighborlyThe 5.0-liter V-8 in the 2018 Mustang GT is getting a power bump to make enthusiasts happy, and it's also adding a Quiet Exhaust mode to make the neighbors happy. It's part of a new active valve performance exhaust system, and owners will be able to activate the mode on the go or choose a...
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Automatic car washes vulnerable to hacking, can attack cars and occupantsAs the internet of things truly begins to come online, many have taken on the responsibility to exploit hacks before potential to harm is done to others. This time, it's something as harmless as an automatic car wash. However, with the right hacking skills, it turns out an automatic car wash can be...
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2018 Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid first drive review: the 918 Spyder distilledThe 2018 Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid is an intensely busy machine. There’s nothing raw or visceral, two words nearly synonymous with Porsche, about this four-door hypercar, and yet it feels every bit the flagship it is intended to be. After on- and off-track drives around Victoria...
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Study shows taller guardrails could save livesMotorists likely take it for granted, but countless hours of engineering and research go into planning even some of the most mundane components of our transportation system. That includes guardrails lining thousands of miles of U.S. roads. A recent study shows said guardrails may be due for a...
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Oh, the things you find when doing just a little bit of digging. In this case, one family was stunned to find a brand new 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer buried in its backyard. Yes, you read that correctly, and it was even wrapped in a plastic tarp. Local news affiliate KFOR in Oklahoma reports Freddie Green and his son Cody were adjusting a dirt bike jump in their backyard when Cody made the discovery. At first, he wasn't sure what it was, so he kept digging, but it became clear it was a vehicle after he reached the hood. His father immediately contacted the police as he feared a case of foul...
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Report: Audi looking to save $12B to fund electric car developmentAudi, like most brands at the Volkswagen Group, is turning toward electrification in an attempt to help clean up its image in the wake of the diesel scandal. One of the major goals is to have electric cars account for almost one out of every four sales by 2025. Reaching such a lofty goal will...
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The Pagani Zonda lives, again, with the 1-of-1 RivieraJust over one week ago, we proclaimed that the Pagani Zonda lived to die another day as the Italian supercar maker revealed yet another one-off special edition. But, here we are again with another bespoke Pagani Zonda. Technically, the Zonda was supposed to exit production in 2013. However, the...
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Tesla Model 3 performance version coming next year, says MuskThe Tesla Model 3 has finally reached production, albeit in small numbers. However, there's more to come from the electric-car maker's most affordable model. While Tesla begins to ramp up production of the Model 3 in Long Range trim, with an EPA-estimated 310-mile range, the automaker is also...
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India chooses jobs over self-driving carsThe self-driving car is a hot topic in the automotive industry. Who will get there first? How will it change transportation and the new car market? How safe will autonomous cars be? All of these questions and more are on the minds of those in the auto industry, as well as governments around the...
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Corvette production on hold for next 3 months due to plant upgradesGeneral Motors will stop production at the Chevrolet Corvette plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky for three months starting from August. It means anyone that’s ordered a 2018 Corvette may not see their car delivered until December—at the earliest. Some 2018 models, including the special...
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Tesla has started deliveries of its highly anticipated Model 3. As promised, the small sport sedan starts at $35,000, and even in base trim it offers a generous 220 miles of range and 0-60 mph acceleration in just 5.6 seconds. BMW plans to unveil an open-top sports car concept at the 2017 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in mid-August. The automaker hasn’t revealed what the concept is, but judging by a teaser shot we’re most likely looking at a preview of the next-generation Z4. New firm Apollo has revealed more details on its upcoming V-12-powered, track-focused supercar...
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Bugatti Chiron fuel economy ratings better than Veyron, still dismalThe Bugatti Chiron returns some pretty poor fuel economy figures, but are you surprised? Likely not. Nevertheless, Veyron owners interested in a Chiron may be delighted to hear the latest supercar will return marginally better gas mileage while putzing around town. According to the EPA, the...
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Renault Nissan Alliance becomes world’s biggest automakerThe numbers for the first six months of 2017 are in, and it’s the Renault Nissan Alliance that’s now the biggest automaker when it comes to sales volume. The worldwide sales of the Renault Nissan Alliance over the first six months of the year came in at a staggering 5.27 million units...
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Apollo IE is the Intensa EmozioneRemember the Arrow supercar unveiled by Apollo at the 2016 Geneva auto show? Well, the company is working on an even more extreme version designed for the race track, and it’s just received a name. The car will be called the Apollo Intensa Emozione, and we should be seeing it soon. Potential...
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Borgward bringing a modern Isabella to the Frankfurt auto show?Revived German automaker Borgward is planning something special for September’s 2017 Frankfurt auto show. The automaker recently released a teaser image for a Frankfurt-bound concept car which is believed to be a low-slung, sporty coupe. Along with the teaser, Borgward released the tag line...
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1-2 finish for Ferrari at the 2017 Formula 1 Hungarian Grand PrixFerrari recorded its fourth win and second one-two finish of the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship on Sunday at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Ferrari had been fast all weekend, with its drivers managing to lock out the front row after qualifying. Star driver Sebastian Vettel started on pole with Kimi...
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No matter what becomes of every example of Dartz's Black Alligator luxury SUV, it will forever live on in the digital world. That's because the SUV has been forever immortalized in "Grand Theft Auto V." The bonkers SUV is available in the game's "Gunrunning" update. Dartz recently posted video of the digital recreation running about the game's fictional Los Santos streets. In the digital realm, it's called the HVY Nightshark, but its purpose is more or less the same: sit as an expression of ultimate luxury and capability. In the real world, the Dartz Black Alligator—and its larger Black...
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Audi RS 3, Jaguar XJR575, Rolls-Royce Phantom: This Week’s Top PhotosWe’ve just driven the first-ever Audi RS 3 to be offered in the United States. It’s the base model of the high-performance Audi Sport range, but there’s nothing tame about it. We’re talking about a compact sedan with 400 horsepower on tap. The previous-generation Dodge Viper...
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Tesla delivers first Model 3, says 310 miles of range possibleTesla, as promised, delivered the first examples of its highly anticipated Model 3 sedan on Friday. Around 30 lucky customers received their cars. The good news is that Tesla finally revealed some specs for the production version of the Model 3. Just two versions are being built in this initial...
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This is a Porsche 911 930 with a Honda heartPrepare to be divided, all ye Porsche fans who click play on the video above. This is one of the all-time greats in a 911 lineup filled with plenty of great machines. We're talking about the iconic Porsche 930, in all of its whale-tail glory. It would normally be packing an angry turbocharged...
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Watch an 850-hp GT-R-powered Ford Focus attack Pikes PeakWe're calling it a Ford Focus, but that's like calling Robocop a man. There are bits and pieces of him left in the machine, but he's way more cybernetic bits than Alex Murphy human parts. The Focus here essentially takes the A-pillar and front glass from the former economy car, and swaps everything...
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All Maseratis to be electrified after 2019Volvo seems to have set a precedent. The Swedish luxury marque announced plans for all of its future cars to feature some sort of electrification, whether it be a dedicated battery-electric or a plug-in hybrid powertrain. Now, Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne has announced a similar initiative...
Sean Szymkowski